"Where is he now?"
"Who?"
"The King."
"He is in Faisalabad shoring up support for the PPP."
"The President was in Faisalabad, I didn't know the King was there too."
"Who did you mean by the King? And how dare you refer to anyone but a party chairman as King?"
"I was referring to Raja Parvez Ashraf. Doesn't Raja translate as the King?"
"Hell no, a King is Ameerul Momineen or Sultan. Raja has a much smaller principality and, at best, is a small warlord."
"Well anyway Raja's claims with respect to the rental power projects have been proven wrong. And he did say he would resign if that happened and so he should resign now."
"Raja is not Sherry Rehman."
"I would hope not, apart from the difference in sex there is the small matter of professionalism, adhering to one's principles and..."
"Hey Raja is a successful politician. Sherry Rehman is no longer a successful politician. Put that in your pipe and smoke it."
"You reckon he won't resign! But where is he by the way?"
"Who? The ruler of a small principality?"
"Don't be facetious. Besides it's not so small a principality given the fact that he maybe able to award more contracts and..."
"Hush that way may lie a court case."
"Anyway the man won't resign and he was ensconced with the President in Faisalabad. Didn't you see the footage?"
"Now that you mention it I did. He was leading the President and don't say it!"
"Don't say what?"
"Don't say the blind leading the blind. You are turning out to be a die-hard Nawala."
"I don't think the Raja is blind or the President with the eagle eyes is blind. The Raja goes with eyes fully open, hair all one even colour and for the Faisalabadis a matching shalwar kameez and waistcoat."
"I reckon he is the closest to the President."
"No I think with Rehman Malik and Babar Awan and..."
"I meant in the way he dresses."
"Ah yes. Emulation they say is the best form of flattery."